Latin edit

Etymology edit

ēsca (food; bait) +‎ -ārius (relational adjective suffix)

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ēscārius (feminine ēscāria, neuter ēscārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to food, bait or eating

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ēscārius ēscāria ēscārium ēscāriī ēscāriae ēscāria
Genitive ēscāriī ēscāriae ēscāriī ēscāriōrum ēscāriārum ēscāriōrum
Dative ēscāriō ēscāriō ēscāriīs
Accusative ēscārium ēscāriam ēscārium ēscāriōs ēscāriās ēscāria
Ablative ēscāriō ēscāriā ēscāriō ēscāriīs
Vocative ēscārie ēscāria ēscārium ēscāriī ēscāriae ēscāria

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • escarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • escarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.